Posts from the ‘Fourth of July’ Category

  • Independence Day, July 4th, 2023

    July 5th, 2023 | Fourth of July | journalpulp | 3 Comments

    This is my beautiful hometown of Ouray (pronounced: YOO-ray), which is famous year-in-year-out for the unmatched splendor of its 4th of July celebration: The village of Ouray, where I was born and raised, is named after a Ute Indian: Chief Ouray. Chief Ouray’s mother was a Ute Indian – an Uncompahgre Ute Indian – and […]

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  • 4th of July and the Nature of Independence

    4th of July and the Nature of Independence

    July 3rd, 2014 | Fourth of July | journalpulp | 2 Comments

    Independence is individual autonomy. It’s the freedom to govern yourself and to rely upon your own independent judgment. Independence is individual freedom. What is individual freedom? Freedom in its fundamental form has one and only one meaning: it is the omission of state force. Freedom is the absence state force and government compulsion. Freedom means […]

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